Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-18
n T. DI CAL IN II A l. A T o N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
" of the respiratory passages con.ists in
the employment Of Medical Inhalation for
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopting such by
eienic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most ef-
fectually purify the blood. give tone to
the nervous system, aud build up and
strengthen the general constitution. In
other words, we employ combined local
and general treatment.
stating briefly what Medical inhalation
is, we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t Is not.
Medical Inhalation Is Eot a cure-all.
remedy for any disease. 1t is not quack
medicine, or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockets of its proprietors 1t is no.
talisman, whose possession 1nsures health
to its possebsor without the intervention OF
sense or Judgment. Medical Inhalation is
none of these things.
Medical Iuhslation is simply aud solely
method of taking medicines by inhaling or
reathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. By In.
halation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat of the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t Is clear to
every reasoning pers on how peculiarly ap..
the organs named. If you have scalded or
burned the surface of the hody or wounded
any limb or member, you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you applJ
It directly to the seat of the wound or in
jury. Why. then. when suffering from ca.
tar III of the nasal pass ssages or throat, or af-
fiicted wi h liberation of the lungs, should
you rely on medicines taken Into the
Modio,l Inbalation not onlv applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat OF he
disease, but 1t applies the remedy in the
gaseous or vapOrOus form, in which form,
AS is well known, medicines act most power
the effect of q drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach.
The ss me Is true of chlorine, Of iodine. and
of many other substances BY inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of q malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is spplied di-
rectly to the diseased organ. Vino, after
studyitg 2 the anotomy of the lungs can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation of
the air-tubes and aircells. the direct app!i-
cation of the healing medicine by fnhala.
tion to the diseased parts, is the corseet S ana
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces of the tir-
passages in this case, Is by the way OF the
membrane, or skin, lining the air-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only a
slightly modified form Of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for inf1am'
NJ mations, COMPOSITIONS and ulcerasions OF the
one and not be equally so In the case OF the
other?
diseases Of the nose. throat and lungs, de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases js
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical Inhalation with the con
stitutionsl effects Of systematic remedies.
given in the usual way by the stomach.
Que or both IT ethods must be adopted as
the Gil cumstances demand, and such rene
dies must be employed as the expere ence
aud judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper i'll each particular case.
Medical ates of fghhaiat1On.
Physicians who were educated twenty
years ago or more: ana VINO nave nos keRt
up with the times in the advance IN meol-
Cal science, have very little idea OF the great
Importance all leading writers now give to
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseas es. To such an extent IL this
true that no patient should intrust his case
to auy physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering. Of the
proper remedies by the method OF lnnala'
tiop. ,,.
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending Its use In
diseases of the respiratory organs, rende 8
1t obligatory on every honest physician 70
at once apply himself to gam Riaf.ci tSat Il
not possible, he is at least bound 10 oecilne
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians OF
the age who are fully aws kened 70 the value
of Medical Inhalation IN tnese diseases are
'"T The ceie ebfated DR.. Burden saunierson;
DR. La Roche. OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; DR.. Frederick Langhsus, oi BeI-
lin; Drs. Klebs and Tommasl-Gr9Snet; S pr
Dr. Fichler. DR.. Cameron. DR.. Gurdon BUCK,
PROT Albert Lehert, the celebrated u
Huehlings Jackson. the venerable Dr Rob-
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfeider. spencer
Wells, Dr.. Hilton Flagge. Dr., c,Sra =: e. woTI' o.
Richard Thompson, DR.: R. s. Carpenter,
Drs. Anstie. Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss, Huguenie, Heller, orth, Corrigan,
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely 81 snssi ssminancs recosnzes
the wonderful potency OF TINS new metnou,
and The coming generation OF physlclans
are certain to be Thoroughly educate9
therein. At present IL is Oily 10y P.aHHs
clans here aud there who have made dis
eases eases Of Of Respiration" life study .h,t are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources Of Medical Inhalation In the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability of COnsumPtion.
For five wears the celebrated DR.. I. H
Rennet waa pathologist to the .yaI In
Urinary of Edinburgh, and in !, III his 81 great ta,
work on "Consumption" he makes the fol-
Inxu cthtQmQnt.
''" "During this period I made upwards OF
1000 post-mortem examinations OF persons
dying from various diseases, ana d., ! was
constantly meeting with cases IN wh1ch
tonnd cavities in the lungs from consump
ton, which had evidently healed IsS y up or or
before the death ta bavs OF tine
successful in restoring the wasted lung
substance. but the cavities were sisG dried up up,
Of the disease WS
lung power il is true, but otherwise In good
health"